Nest Candy Easter Recipe

Make Some Nest Easter Candy with the Kids!

I vividly remember eating this candy (called haystacks without the chocolate “eggs”) at my Great Grandma’s annual Christmas parties. I was so excited to see how easy it is to make these Birds Nest Candies when I started seeing this recipe pop up in the blogosphere. Here is one of my favorite ones using rice cereal, too! There seems to be a few different variations. The only thing we did differently was use a standard muffin tin and liners to help mold them. Check it out…

Using a microwave safe bowl, melt the butterscotch morsels in the microwave at 30 second intervals.

Combine the melted butterscotch and the chow mein noodles.

Line the muffin tin with the paper muffin cups.

Spoon some chow mein mixture into each muffin cup.

Press a few egg candies into the center of each “nest.”

Let set until butterscotch is hardened.

Enjoy!

These are the perfect Spring or Easter recipe to make with the kids. And they’re super-easy for kids to help with. As you can see, Sawyer did all of the work. Priscilla was in the background putting egg after egg in her mouth!

What is your favorite Easter recipe? Have you ever made Easter candy with the kid? Share in the comments below!

These look wonderful! We made bird nests from coconut and meltable vanilla baking squares last year. Those were good too, but going to give these a try this year for something different. Just shared the link with my FB friends.

I made these this year as a treat for my grandchildren…..they were a huge hit and I thank you for the simple little recipe. I love the fact that it is so simple that, that beautiful little boy could make them !!! Interestingly I messed up my first batch melting the butterscotch morsels in the microwave. LOL Ran to the store and restocked the ingredients and thought I would try a different method with the morsels. I poured morsels, directly out of the bag into the bowl full of the chow mein noodles, mixed together and microwaved 1 minute 30 seconds at 30 second intervals. Removed from microwaved and blended the mixture and completed the set up. So easy….such a cute Easter treat I thank you